Domestic

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 21 February 1907, Page 33

Domestic

By • Maureen • ':

-. '_,: Months. -"-.'". - - Soak a piece of paper -or rag in some spirits of turpentine and -place -it for a day in your bureau, trunks, closets, .and' everywhere you are' afraid moths will make at attack.' Two or three-times a year will be? • quite, sufficient. " ~"- ; ~ How to Treat Your Umbrelia. " Plenty of people "haveV yet--to learn the proper care to take of ah umbrella. These useful -" conveniences should not be allowed to dry - while open, • as- this strains the silk and makes holes in the seams.' Nor should they be placed to dry.- with the 'handle upward; in this case the-moisture lodges in the centre whore the ribs meet, causing the silk, to decay. -They should - never be put into , the " wardrobe, "without unrolling, or after a-long period of-dry weather it may, be found thai) the continuance of the; pressure has cub" the: silk' between each rib. An ,umbrella should always be -left to drip with the Handle downward, - unless the handle is' Valuable and easily- iniureel by • the.. daanp ; such an umbrella cannot be cared for - according* to any '.fixed rules. ' ' . „.. Eat Green Vegetables E.vcry. Day. Green vegetables do not containf J^rbm our standpoint, true nourishment, but they- are;*of equal value as waste and should be taken r at least ' once a day. Vegetables not containing starch may be eaten raw ; - but such roots as turnips, - carrots, and "beets must be Scraped or grated. The' dense "fibre , renders -them, difficult- of' digestion. The 'green vegetables,- watercress, the cabbage family, turnips and rutabagas, radishes, celery, lettuce, spinach, green peas, string- 'beans, cucumbers^ summer squash, parsley, dandelions, chicory, sweet peppers, onions, leeks, carrots, chives, siiallo^ts, asparagus and radishes all -contain a volatile principle-which gives them flavor, and which when they are boiled too long or too rapidly is driven 'off, . leaving the vegetables rather tasteless. ' ■ ;-°; -°- '• Receipt for a- Happy .Life. - In the year 1500 Margaret -of Navarre wrote thefollowing "Jteceipt for a" Happy Life.'- More than four centuries have passed since then, __ but wisdom,' is" ever young, .and her quaint words are as full of good pounsel now as : when she .penned them.:—' If^ you would ' have a happy life, take three ounces of patience and three of repose, and mix together with a pound of conscience. Add as much as the hand can ,hold of innocent pastimes, and of hone and pleasant memories 3 good . drachms'; moisten these 'with. the. pleasure distilled from" a. cheerful - heart. Add~to love's magic a "few drons ;: but be sparing of these, sometimes love^briiigs.a 'flame which naught -but tears can drown. Grind* all V these, things ■ together; „and •'mix with an "ounce of merriment to enliverff yet all this may not • bring happiness unless in your orisons you, lift your I voice to Him who holds "the ' gift of health.^ .^ - Children's Faults. U rMany people (says a writer- in ;_an English - magazine) who have ideas upon the { subject of bringing-up children will criticise a parent" for indulgences that seem unwise. The attitude of most people is critical, yet the child that has too much bringing up is often as-badly off as -the child thai has too little. The mother- who watches every breath drawn by\ herchild has seldom better results to .show for her anxiety than the more wliolesome let-alone policy of another mother. The emphasising of a faujt in a child will often' cause "its recurrence. -

' A little girl I saw lately had a most* unhecoming habit of squeezing her nose awl mouth into a little pucker. I felt afraid the habit would-sppil the features of a very pretty child, and snokc to her mother about it. ' Why, 1 said this sensible woman, ' I think the' more we speak about- it the more she ;does it-.' Constant attention called to a habit or tra*i,t will often- bring it , to' niind, and . the . child, will seem determined It) live up to its Emulation 'by ' showing off ' the unpleasant, way or » trick it has acquired.-